Z A Y 



gulf of Tchaunfkaia, in the Frozen fea ; about 60 miles in 

 circumference. N. lat. 71° jo' to 72° 20'. E. long. 

 ;66^ 14'. 



ZAVODE BiRUiLEVA, a town of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Irkutfk, on the Argunia ; 121 miles N.E. of 

 Stretenlk. 



Zavode Dutcharjioi, a town of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Irkutfk ; 88 miles S.E. of Stretenfk. 



Zavode Ga-zimu-Jhoi, a town of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Irkutfk ; 44 miles S.S.E. of Stretenfk. 



Zavode Irb'tnjloi, a town of Ruffia, in the government 

 of Kolivan ; 40 miles E. of Abakanllc. 



Zavode Kutamarjloi, a town of Ruffia; 100 miles 

 E.S.E. of Nertchinfk. 



Zavoue Lanina, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 

 Irkutllv, on the W. coafl of the Baikal lake; 80 miles N.E. 

 of Irkutfk. 



Zavode Midnoi Kuruzulaeii/ioi, a town of Ruffia, in the 

 government of Irkutfk ; 32 miles S. of Nertchinf]<. 



Zavode Niznei Suziii/ioi, a town of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Kolivan ; 32 miles S.E. of Kolivan. 



Zavode Novopavlov/ioi, a town of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Kolivan ; 80 miles S.S.E. of Kolivan. 



Zavode Popovo, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 

 Kolivan. N. lat. 56° 31'. E. long. 95° 32'. 



Zavode Sihiria Kova, a town of Ruffia, on the Argunia ; 

 100 miles E.S.E. of Stretenfk. 



Zavode Tifova, 2l town of Ruffia, in the government of 

 Irkutfk, on the river Poim ; 124 miles N.N.W. of Niznei 

 Udinfic. 



Zavode Verchoturova, a town of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Irkutfk, on the Argunia; 132 miles N.E. of 

 Stretenfk. 



Z AVOLOCZE, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 

 Polotllc ; 50 miles N.E. of Polotn<. 



ZAURGATCH, a town of Ruffia, in the government 

 of Tobolflc, on the Irtifch ; 80 miles E.S.E. of Tobolfk. 



ZAUROS, in Ichthyology, a name given by the ancient 

 Greeks to that fifh which we call faurus and lacertus, and 

 which is called at Rome the tarantula. 



It is diftinguifhed by Artedi by the name of the ofmerus, 

 with eleven rays in the pinna ani ; and in the Linnaean 

 fyflem it is the falmo faurus, with ten rays in the pinna 

 ani. 



ZAUZAN, in Geography, a town of Perfia, in the pro- 

 vince of Chorafan ; 70 milee N.W. of Herat. 



Z AW A J A, a lake of Abyffinia, in the fouthern ex- 

 tremity of the kingdom, which is the chief fource of the 

 river Hawafh. 



ZAWEH, a diftrift or province of Perfia, bounded on 

 the N. by Karafm, on the E. by Chorafan, on the S. by 



Mazanderan, and on the W. by the Cafpian fea Alfo, a 



town of Perfia, and capital of a diftrift, on tlie river Tedjen, 

 about 24 miles from the Cafpian fea ; 81 miles N. of 

 Mefchid. 



Z AWICHOST, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Sandomirz ; 8 miles N. of Sandomirz. 



ZAWIEH, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the govern- 

 ment of Diarbekir, on the Euphrates ; 24 miles E. of 

 Anah. 



ZAWILA. SeeZuEELA. 



ZAWOLOW, a town of Auflrian Poland, in Galicia ; 

 20 miles N.E. of Halicz. 



ZAXO Sultax, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the 

 government of Diarbekir ; 5 miles S. of Rahabeh. 



ZAYRE. See Zaire. 



Z E A 



ZAYTE, a river on the W. fide of the ifland of C-elebe*, 

 which runs into the fea, N. lat. 30'. E. long. 120° ic' 



ZAZIMOWICZE.atown li Lithuania! in tV^p;!^. 

 tmate of Brzefk ; 32 miles N.E. of Brzefl.- ^ 



tt^.^^^^.^9t',' ^°" °^ ^"'^•^' '^ "-^^ government of 

 Upha, on the Ural ; 68 miles W. of Orenburg. 



ZBANITZ, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 

 Chrudim ; 5 miles E. of Hohenmant. 



ZBARAS, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Braclaw ; 36 miles N. of Braclaw. 



ZBIROW, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Beraun- 

 12 miles S.W. of Beraun. 



ZBORRI, a town of Hungary ; 16 miles N.N.E. of 

 Szeben. 



ZBORROW, a town of Auftrian Poland, in the new 

 kingdom of Gahcia, near which an obftinate battle was 

 fought between the Poles on one fide, commanded by their 

 king John Cafimir, and the combined army of the Coffacks 

 and Tartars on the other. In this engagement the latter 

 w-ere defeated, and left 10,000 men dead on the fpot ; but 

 the day after, a treaty of peace was concluded on terms 

 difadvantageous to Poland ; 63 miles E. of Lemberg. 



ZBRASLAWIZ, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 

 Czaflau ; 10 miles S.W. of Czaflau. 



ZDANICHA, a river of Ruffia, which runs into the 

 Chatanga, N. lat. 70° 40'. E. long. 98° 14'. 



ZDAUNSKY, a town of Moravia, in the circle of 

 Hradifch : 15 miles N. of Hradifch. 



ZDIAR, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Prachatitz ; 

 B miles N.W. of Horafdiowiz. 



ZDISLAWITZ, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 

 Kaurzim ; 10 miles S.E. of Benefchow. 



ZDZIECOL, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 

 Novogrodeck ; 1 2 miles W. of Novogrodeck. 



ZEA, in Botany, a name borrowed from the ancient 

 Greeks, whofe i^nx., however, appears to have been fome 

 kind of Trittcum or Hordeum, agreeing with our prefent 

 American genus, the Maize, only as being a grain culti- 

 vated for the food of man Linn. Gen. 480. Schreb. 621. 



Willd. Sp. PI. V. 4. 200. Mart. Mill. Did. v. 4. Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. V. 5. 235. Purfli 46. JufT. 33. Lamarck 

 lUullr. t. 749. (Mays; Tourn. t. 303 — 305. Gsrtn. 

 t. I . ) — Clafs and order, Monoecla Trlandria. Nat. Ord. 

 Gramina, Linn. JufT. 



Gen. Ch. correfted by Schreber. Male flowers dif- 

 pofed in diftinft lax fpikes. Cal. Glume two-flowered, of 

 two ovate-oblong, fweUing, pointed, beardlefs valves, the 

 outermoft rather the longeft. Cor. Glume of two oblong 

 beardlefs valves, about the length of the calyx ; the outer- 

 moft fwelling, obtufe ; the innermoft terminating in two 

 teeth. Neftary of two very fliort flefhy fcales, dilated 

 upwards, abrupt, furrowed at the fummit. Stam. Filaments 

 three, capillary ; anthers fomewhat prifmatic, cloven, burfl- 

 ing at the top. 



Female flowers in a very denfe fpike, below the male, on 

 the fame plant, concealed by the leaves. Cor. Glume 

 fingle-flowered, of two permanent, roundifh, thick valves, 

 membranous and fringed at the margin ; the outer cne 

 thickeft. Cor. Glume of four unequal, membranous, 

 tranfparent, broad, fhort, permanent valves. Pijl. Germen 

 very fmall ; ftyle thread-fhaped, extremely long, pendulous ; 

 fligma fimple, downy towards the fummit. Perk. none. 

 Common Receptacle very large and long, with five or more 

 angles, and as many rows of cells, tranfv-crfely excavated, in 

 each of which are imbedded the fruits of two flowers, fur- 

 rounded with their own calyx and corolla. Seed folitary, 

 1 2 roundifh. 



